Kyrza Rosewood Table
The Arizona Rosewood table, live edge catching the light
The finished live-edge Arizona Rosewood table
Rosewood grain across the finished top
The finished table in the dining room
Live edge and grain detail on the finished table
The completed live-edge Arizona Rosewood table
The finished live-edge Arizona Rosewood table and bench in the dining room
Table and bench together, live edges catching the light
The finished set at home — table, bench, and chairs
Rosewood grain and the live edge, up close
The finished live-edge table and matching bench

A real-world build journal

Building a Live-Edge Arizona Rosewood Dining Table

A step-by-step build journal covering wood selection, slab prep, epoxy work, C-channels, metal legs, and Rubio Monocoat finishing.

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Project snapshot

The table at a glance

Quick specs

  • WoodArizona Rosewood
  • Table lengthapprox. 71"
  • Widthapprox. 34–38"
  • Height32"
  • Construction4-board glue-up
  • JoineryDominos + Titebond III
  • EdgesLive sapwood outside edges
  • FillBlack epoxy / black CA touch-ups
  • FinishRubio Monocoat satin/matte
  • BaseMatte black powder-coated steel
  • CompanionMatching bench, built alongside
  • Build span~4 months, part-time

A build journal, not a blueprint

This is not a production furniture plan. It is a real-world build journal with process decisions, fixes, mistakes, and lessons learned — the kind of detail that actually helps when you are standing at the bench with glue drying.

A matching bench was built right alongside the table — same tree, same methods, just lighter steel — so it turns up throughout the journal too.

Start to finish, this took about four months — worked in the mornings around a full-time job, with plenty of idle days along the way. A focused builder could do it in a month or less; but taking the time to give each step real attention, and to enjoy the process, was the whole point for me.

The build, step by step

Table of Contents

The build is broken into realistic work sessions — most are a focused 2–4 hour block. Follow them in order, or jump to the stage you are wrestling with right now.